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Air Jamaica revamped - New board named, David Banmiller tipped to be new Air Jamaica CEO. 
AN EXPERIENCED airline veteran, who recently led a Hawaiian carrier through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, could soon be returning to Air Jamaica for a second attempt to lead it to safety, or prepare it to attract private investors. Minister without portfolio in the finance ministry...
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 Scholar brothers - Four siblings cop national scholarships
Justice handed down - Jamaican Government to pay man $5m for amputated arm
'Charlie Wapp' caught in Cuban waters
Deaf to get green light to drive
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Climbing slopes with Bredda Joe 
I first met Bredda Joe by the side of a winding, hillside road in St Mary. It was somewhere near Castleton. He was sitting near a shed made of zinc and wood with seven pineapples on a makeshift table in front of him. "Sugar loaf right yah so!" he yelled...
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Angels moves to cast out reading demons
Hanover bridges linked to road crashes - MP
Thursday talk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
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Smith is new head of Montego Bay Chamber 
WESTERN BUREAU: Political analyst and public affairs commentator, Lloyd B. Smith, has taken over the reins of the 75-year-old Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The chief executive officer and founding editor of the Western Mirror replaces Pauline Reid...
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China to build aluminium smelter in southern Trinidad
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Top seeds hold their own on opening day 
THERE WERE few surprises as the top-ranked players, for the most part, held their ground on day one of the Pan Caribbean Jamaica Junior Tennis Championships at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre yesterday. Rowland Phillips, the number one-ranked player in the boys' 14 category...
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Hunte fires off warning
Smith leaps into Games squad
Under-19 cricketers leave for TCL tournament
Another three-timer for Walker
Federer aces Ancic to reach the semis
Exposure was good for Girls, says Guy
Francis to focus on minds before Games
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EDITORIAL - The dangers of appeasement
Medellin and Cali in Colombia during the time of Pablo Escobar and the rest are perhaps more apt comparisons than the Balkans, or with Northern Ireland and the 'Troubles'. In Medellin and Cali, sheer criminality held sway. Drug bosses and racketeers saw opportunities...
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Irresponsibility in Spanish Town
Jamaica confronts the new Middle Ages
NOTE-WORTHY: Look to Brazil
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Why is illegal bus park not a police matter?
The Editor, Sir:I just read your article in regard to the 'illegal' bus park and the extortion racket in Spanish Town. Once again we are reminded about where half of our crime problem stems from. Simply put, an ineffective and incompetent police force. ...
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'Stand up to these outlaws!'
Mugabe: monster gone amok
A national disgrace
A response to two editorials
Models of self-reliance
Ministry of Love
Models of self-reliance
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Jazz concert - battle or bonding? 
Sunday evening's Jazz in the Gardens concert at the Jamaica Pegasus was dubbed 'Battle of the Ivories'. The promotional flyers and newspaper ads promised patrons the prospect of hearing "eight of Jamaica's best" keyboard players. Whether the clever marketing phrase...
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Audio Review - Glorious live music from 'Pentab'
Kanye to start shoe line with Louis Vuitton
Something extra
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The great Epicurean Escape 
For five fabulous days, food and wine lovers from across the world converged on Grand Lido Negril to partake of the 9th annual Epicurean Escape, which was this year dubbed 'Flavours of the Caribbean.' This year's featured chefs were; Gal Kotzer, executive chef...
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Dining with Emma
Taste test: Caribbean beers
The trash on food
Food safety tips
Jamaican chef Nigel Spence for 'Island Stylee'
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